The Centre has constituted a committee to study the performance of states and governance issues under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
The 9-member committee is headed by former rural development department secretary Amarjeet Sinha.
The committee will examine various factors affecting demand for wage employment in the rural sector in different parts of the country.
The MGNREGS was launched in 200 most-backward districts of the country in 2006.
It was extended to 130 more districts during 2007-08 and to the entire country in 2008-09.
It guarantees 100-day wage employment in a financial year to every rural household.
As per the data available on the scheme portal, 7.55 crore families (11.19 crore persons) availed the scheme during 2020-21.
In the current financial year 2022-23, 5.21 crore families (7.22 crore people) have availed the scheme till November 26, 2022.